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• “I do repent of wine and talk of wine, Of idols fair with charms like silver fine: A lip-repentance and a lustful heart— O God, forgive this penitence of mine!”

  Asjadi (901–1040) said by 1040 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “توانا بود هر که دانا بود”

  Ferdowsi (940–1020) said by 1020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Also quoted by: Persian proverb (persian)

• “A faithless wife brings ruin to the state.”

  Matilda of Flanders (1031–1083) said by 1083 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Matilda of Flanders – Queen of the Conqueror, By Moniek Bloks, Friday 29 December 2017.

• “The church shall be catholic, chaste and free: catholic in faith and the communion of saints, chaste from all contagion of evil, and free from all secular power.”

  Pope Urban II (1035–1099) first seen 1050 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Decree, also quoted in Colin Morris, The Papal Monarchy: The Western Church from 1050 to 1250 (1991), p. 125

• “Things That Lose by Being Painted Pinks, cherry blossoms, yellow roses. Men or women who are praised in romances as being beautiful.Things That Gain by Being Painted Pines. Autumn fields. Mountain villages and paths. Cranes and deer. A very cold winter scene; an unspeakably hot summer scene. (p. 138)”

  Sei Shōnagon (966–1025) said by 1025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “But even when the Muslim position was not that strong, say, during Mahmud’s son Ibrahim’s campaign in Hindustan when “a fierce struggle ensued, but Ibrahim at length gained victory, and slew many of them. Those who escaped fled into the jungles. Nearly 100,000 of their women and children were taken prisoners…”

  Ibrahim of Ghazna (1032–1099) said by 1099 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Lal, K. S. (1994). Muslim slave system in medieval India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Chapter 3 quoting Maulana Ahmad, Tarikh-i-Alfi, E.D., V, 163; Farishtah, I, 49.

• “Arrogance cannot bear to see itself scorned and humility held in honor.”

  Symeon the New Theologian (949–1022) said by 1022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “No tool is more beneficial than intelligence. No enemy is more harmful than ignorance.”

  Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid (948–1022) said by 1022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: The Book of Guidance into the Lives of the Twelve Imams, 1981, "The Life of the Commander of the Faithful" (I. K. A. Howard (tr.)).

• “Stillness is an undisturbed state of the intellect,”

  Niketas Stethatos (1000–1090) said by 1090 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “为天地立心，为生民立命，为往圣继绝学，为万世开太平。”

  Zhang Zai (1020–1077) said by 1077 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Complete Works of Master Zhang, "Supplements to Reflections on Things at Hand", as quoted in Wang Chunyong's Famous Chinese Sayings Quoted by Wen Jiabao, trans. Chan Sin-wai (Hong Kong: Chung Hwa Book Co., 2009), p. 10

• “Sanctum Satanum meum.”

  Peter Damian (1007–1072) first seen 1070 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Of Pope Gregory VII, in a letter (c. 1070) to Pope Alexander II and Cardinal Archdeacon Hildebrand, Ep. 1. I. ep. 16. T. I. f. 16.

• “Hell is where you are and Paradise where you are not.”

  Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khayr (967–1049) said by 1049 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “I constantly sought knowledge and truth, and it became my belief that for gaining access to the effulgence and closeness to God, there is no better way than that of searching for truth and knowledge.”

  Alhazen (965–1039) said by 1039 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The city of Taneshar is highly venerated by Hindus. The idol of that place is called Cakrasvamin, i.e. the owner of the cakra, a weapon which we have already described. It is of bronze, and is nearly the size of a man. It is now lying in the hippodrome in Ghazna, together with the Lord of Somanath, which is a representation of the penis of Mahadeva, called Linga.”

  Al-Biruni (973–1048) said by 1048 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: E.C. Sachau (tr.), Alberuni's India, New Delhi Reprint, 1983 p. 117.

• “If I have not been able to write well, I have at any rate written truthfully, using as authorities those who are best informed about the subject.”

  Adam of Bremen (1100–1085) said by 1085 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “My punishment is far heavier, I forgive you, and set you free.”

  Alp Arslan (1029–1072) said by 1072 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Attributed in: R. Scott Peoples (2007) Crusade of Kings. p. 13

• “I am very much worried about the prisoners. Their large numbers and the condition of prisons make it certain that there must be many ailing persons among them. Therefore, I am of the opinion that they must have their own doctors who should examine them every day and give them, where necessary, medicines and decoctions. Such doctors should visit all prisons and treat the sick prisoners there.”

  Ali ibn Isa al-Kahhal (940–1039) said by 1039 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Merie sungen the muneches binnen Ely Tha Cnut Ching rew there by: Roweth, cnihtes, noer the lant, And here we thes muneches saeng.”

  Cnut (994–1035) said by 1035 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Cnut is said to have composed this song on hearing the music of Ely Abbey, as he was sailing by in a boat. This one verse of that song has been preserved by a monk of Ely in the Historia Eliensis (c. 1166). Reported in …

• “Ἡ γὰρ συνήθεια εὔκαταφρονήτους ποιεῖν εἴωθεν.”

  Kekaumenos (1020–1070) said by 1070 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Strategikon, ch. 12. Reported in Georgina G. Buckler, "Proverb: Familiarity Breeds Contempt", Notes and Queries (18 July 1936) p. 46

• “The heart enquired of the soul What is the beginning of this business? What its end, and what its fruit? The soul answered: The beginning of it is the annihilation of self, Its end faithfulness, And its fruit immortality.”

  Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006–1089) said by 1089 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Oh Beloved, I cast out your love from my heart,”

  Keikavus (1021–1098) said by 1098 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source